Germany: A Companion to German Studies
Best introduction to Pasley's broader work in German literary and cultural studies.
Author guide
Sir John Malcolm Sabine Pasley (1926–2004) was a British Germanist, literary scholar, editor, and Fellow of the British Academy. He taught at Oxford University and was a founding co-editor of Oxford German Studies. His principal scholarly achievement was leading the reconstruction and critical editing of major Franz Kafka texts from the manuscripts, including Das Schloß, Der Proceß, Tagebücher, and Nachgelassene Schriften und Fragmente. He also edited collections on German studies, Nietzsche, and the correspondence and travel records of Max Brod and Franz Kafka.
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Best introduction to Pasley's broader work in German literary and cultural studies.
A foundational example of Pasley's manuscript-based critical editing of Kafka.
Most accessible collection of Pasley's own Kafka criticism.
Read in order
critical-edition-series · ongoing
The critical edition of Franz Kafka's writings, diaries, and letters, edited by Jürgen Born, Gerhard Neumann, Malcolm Pasley, and Jost Schillemeit.
Book 1 · scholarly_edition · 1982
Book 2 · scholarly_edition · 1990
Book 3 · diaries_edition · 1990
Book 4 · scholarly_edition · 1993
correspondence-and-diaries-series · complete
Edited documentary records of the friendship between Max Brod and Franz Kafka, comprising travel records and correspondence.
Outside the series
essay_collection · 1995